Does your lady appreciate your Pärt?
― so you want Mark Ronson to cry into your ass (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 10:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Anyway, that was pretty good. His works are never dour - they always have this sparkle to them
― so you want Mark Ronson to cry into your ass (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 10:16 (thirteen years ago) link
My lady is lost.
― krakow, Tuesday, 29 June 2010 10:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I am alone in this harsh world once again.
alone, and with only the most gorgeous and threnodic of compositions to cradle your scalp
― so you want Mark Ronson to cry into your ass (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 10:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Exactly. It's been a fortnight of Frank Sinatra's downer albums & Arvo Pärt's soul-quietening beauty.
― krakow, Tuesday, 29 June 2010 10:24 (thirteen years ago) link
WE ARE THE BEAUTIFUL WRETCHED
Seriously, I think an album built along the twin principles of Gothic existentialism and Arvo Pärt could be quite something
― so you want Mark Ronson to cry into your ass (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 10:28 (thirteen years ago) link
http://devonrecordclub.wordpress.com/2012/11/22/arvo-part-te-deum-swans-avatar-from-the-seer-round-40-nicks-choices/
― comedy is unnatural and abhorrent (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 22 November 2012 16:14 (eleven years ago) link
Percussionist Kuniko Kato's Cantus album has some incredible arrangements of Fratres, Memory of Benjamin Britten and Spiegel im Spiegel. Unsurprisingly Pärt rates her very highly, it is shame she didn't do a full album of Pärt compositions because Reich bores the arse off me these days.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Wednesday, 30 October 2013 18:20 (ten years ago) link
oh wow this sounds lovely
― schlump, Wednesday, 30 October 2013 19:13 (ten years ago) link
thanks for the heads up as i'd probably never have come across this otherwise. off to investigate.
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 30 October 2013 19:49 (ten years ago) link
...and they are fantastic. smitten!
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 30 October 2013 20:19 (ten years ago) link
yeah thanks from me too. MP3s are cheap on Amazon, btw
― Project Witch (I am using your worlds), Wednesday, 30 October 2013 20:27 (ten years ago) link
The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir "Da Pacem" is amazing. Will also heartily second "Alina".
― Has talent, needs to figure out how to improve (staggerlee), Thursday, 31 October 2013 17:48 (ten years ago) link
US Grammy nominations:
Arvo Pärt's Adam’s Lament won nominations in two categories - Best Contemporary Classical Composition and Best Choral Performance (Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir with Tõnu Kaljuste directing).
― curmudgeon, Monday, 9 December 2013 18:53 (ten years ago) link
With the announcement of the new ECM album 'The Deer's Cry', I realise I also totally missed 'Adam's Lament' back in 2012/2013. I'll end up buying them regardless, but any opinions (on either)?
― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Monday, 12 September 2016 13:07 (seven years ago) link
I recently picked Adam's Lament up at a Value Village, of all places - I'm by no means an expert but it's very lovely.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 12 September 2016 18:40 (seven years ago) link
Thanks Simon.
I found this live performance of Adam's Lament in Toronto on Youtube and it's really beautiful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCx-Meklym0
I'll definitely be getting the album.
― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 17:52 (seven years ago) link
Viktoria Mullova / Paavo Järvi/ Estonian National Symphony Orchestra - Arvo Pärt
^^^
stunning recording with some of his best hits from the 70's!
― calzino, Monday, 3 December 2018 09:17 (five years ago) link
The extant recordings are so definitive that I'm systematically disappointed by anyone else's take on these pieces. But I love them so much that I'll probably end up checking it out anyway.
― pomenitul, Monday, 3 December 2018 09:24 (five years ago) link
in that context you might well be disappointed. It was just perfect for my mood this morning.
― calzino, Monday, 3 December 2018 09:58 (five years ago) link
Which recordings do you mean by "extant"? Haven't most of Pärt's works been recorded several times by different orchestras/ensembles?
― Tuomas, Monday, 3 December 2018 22:09 (five years ago) link